Monday 2nd January 1989 (CoC IV, 1st QF)

[James Robinson]

Countdown recap for Monday 2 January 1989.

C1: Series 15 Champion & No.1 Seed Dick Green (11 wins, 688 points.)
C2: Series 16 Champion & No.8 Seed Tony Vick (6 wins, 376 points.)
DC: Catherine Clarke and Tim Rice.
CV: Carol Vorderman. (Lucy Summers became the new letters girl from this episode.)
OT: Other words or solutions.

R01: L F O E Z N A G F
R02: P C S S E A R A D
R03: T N E U G E S A R
R04: 50, 1, 2, 9, 8, 5. Target: 212.
R05: J H B I E Y D A X
R06: W K E I T W U L I
R07: R S U Q O T V E H
R08: 50, 1, 10, 5, 9, 8. Target: 882.
R09: I F S T Y M I E D (conundrum)


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Round 1: L F O E Z N A G F

C1: FLAGON (6)
C2: fangle
OT: ONGLAZE (7)
Score: 6–0 (max 7)

Round 2: P C S S E A R A D

C1: spacers
C2: SCRAPED (7)
OT: ARCADES (7) CSARDAS (7) PARADES (7) PARSECS (7) PASSADE (7) PRASADS (7) REDCAPS (7) SARAPES (7) SCARPED (7) SCRAPES (7) SPREADS (7)
Score: 6–7 (max 14)

Round 3: T N E U G E S A R

C1: GRANTEES (8)
C2: ESTRANGE (8)
DC: SERGEANT (8)
OT: REAGENTS (8)
Score: 14–15 (max 22)

Round 4: 50, 1, 2, 9, 8, 5. Target: 212.

C1: 212. ((8 / 2) x (50 + 5)) - (9 - 1) (10)
C2: 211.
Score: 24–15 (max 32)

Round 5: J H B I E Y D A X

C1: JIBED (5)
C2: ABIDE (5)
DC: HEADY (5) BEADY (5)
OT: JEHADI (6)
Score: 29–20 (max 38)

Round 6: W K E I T W U L I

C1: KILT/WILT/LIKE (4)
C2: LIKE (4)
DC: KILTIE (6)
Score: 33–24 (max 44)

Round 7: R S U Q O T V E H

C1: quoters
C2: TORQUES (7)
OT: QUESTOR (7) ROQUETS (7) SHOUTER (7)
Score: 33–31 (max 51)

Round 8: 50, 1, 10, 5, 9, 8. Target: 882.

C1: 882. (10 + 8) x (50 - 1) (10)
C2: 882. (10 + 8) x (50 - 1) (10)
Score: 43–41 (max 61)

Round 9: I F S T Y M I E D

C2 buzzes on 10 seconds to say MYSTIFIED which is correct.
Score: 43–51 (max 71)

Statistics Corner

Dick:
Total score - 43
Raw score - 43
Total % of max - 61
Raw % of max - 61
Total average score per round - 4.8
Raw average score per round - 4.8
Number of maxes - 3

Tony:
Total score - 51
Raw score - 58
Total % of max - 72
Raw % of max - 82
Total average score per round - 5.7
Raw average score per round - 6.4
Number of maxes - 5

Further summaries are at:
http://www.apterous.org/cdb/series.php?series=-7

[Johnny Canuck]

I've already done CoC IV. I think I forgot to submit the recaps to the CDB though.